game over screen will appear ( when the player can return to the beginning of the act with three lives , if they have any continues ) . when sonic reaches the end of act one or act two of a zone with at least fifty rings , a large ring appears through which he can jump to enter a special stage ( a " secret zone " in the original genesis manual ) . in each of six special stages , sonic bounce ##s off the bumper ##s and walls of a rotating maze in spin attack . although the player earn ##s a continue with each 50 rings found , their main goal is to obtain the chaos emerald at the end of the maze without
game over screen will appear ( when the player can return to the beginning of the act with three lives, if they have any continues ). when sonic reaches the end of act one or act two of a zone with at least fifty rings, a large ring appears through which he can jump to enter a special stage ( a " secret zone " in the original genesis manual ). in each of six special stages, sonic bounces off the bumpers and walls of a rotating maze in spin attack. although the player earns a continue with each 50 rings found, their main goal is to obtain the chaos emerald at the end of the maze without